Category Archive

ceremony

Looking for ceremony scripts? Wedding readings? Advice on how to officiate a friend’s wedding? We’ve got all that and MORE.

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Deliver a quick love note at the altar

It’s a cute idea, right? Totally cute. That said, I don’t think my note would have looked like that at all. I think it would have looked like this…

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Avoid wedding day memory loss: How to slow down and actually remember your wedding

Everyone tells me to make sure to “slow down and take everything in” on your wedding day — but no one says how to actually accomplish it!

How can I make sure I take a minute to stop and smell the roses on the day of my wedding? 100 guests, all those decorations, all that shit to do. How can I make sure I take a second to slow down?

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Seal your vows with a pinky swear

We’ve seen a couple of high-fives exchanged over the nuptials, but I am loving this pinky swear from Bethany and her groom.

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My secular ceremony wording: lots of equality and silly puns

Like our personalized wedding logo, our ceremony is something we came up with together and personalized as well. We wanted to keep it short, simple, and light-hearted but also emphasizing equality — you will not find the word “obey” in this ceremony, but you will find Calvin and Hobbes and a butchered zombie head.